dégénérescence
French, noun/de.ʒe.ne.ʁɛ.sɑ̃s/
dégénérescence is spelled D-É-G-É-N-É-R-E-S-C-E-N-C-E (14 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written French, the 27,734th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dégénérescence is a French feminine noun meaning “degeneration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de dégénérer”.
What does dégénérescence mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedegeneration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de dégénérer. 2. Action de dégénérer, en parlant d’un tissu ou d’un organe.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dégénérescence
- dégénérescences plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dégénérescence?
- /de.ʒe.ne.ʁɛ.sɑ̃s/
- /de.ʒe.ne.ʁe.sɑ̃s/
- \de.ʒe.ne.ʁe.sɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dégénérescence
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dégénérescence in French?
dégénérescence appears 1.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).